Blackpool F.C. season 1900-01
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Season 1900-01 1900-01 in English football The 1900–01 season was the 30th season of competitive football in England.-Events:Stockport County played their first season in the football league. Blackpool also returned to the league, at the expenses of Loughborough and Luton Town.-Honours:... |
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League | Division Two Football League Second Division From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams... |
Manager | None |
League position | 12th |
Top goalscorer | Bob Birkett Bob Birkett Robert Kirkham "Bob" Birket was an English professional footballer who spent his entire ten-year football league career with Blackpool after signing from Fleetwood Rangers.... (10) |
Highest home attendance | 4,000 (v. Woolwich Arsenal Arsenal F.C. Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups... ) |
Lowest home attendance | 500 (v. Barnsley Barnsley F.C. Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's... ) |
Previous season | ← 1898-99 Blackpool F.C. season 1898-99 The 1898-99 season was Blackpool F.C.s third consecutive season in the Football League. They competed in the eighteen-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing sixteenth... |
Next season | 1901-02 Blackpool F.C. season 1901-02 The 1901-02 season was Blackpool F.C.s fifth season in the Football League. They competed in the eighteen-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing thirteenth.... → |
The 1900-01
1900-01 in English football
The 1900–01 season was the 30th season of competitive football in England.-Events:Stockport County played their first season in the football league. Blackpool also returned to the league, at the expenses of Loughborough and Luton Town.-Honours:...
season was Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...
's first season back in the Football League
The Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
(fourth total). They competed in the eighteen-team Division Two
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
, then the second tier of English football
Football in England
Association football is a national sport in England, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game...
, finishing twelfth.
Arrivals, either during the season in exile or during this campaign, included Jack Parkinson
Jack Parkinson (footballer born 1869)
John "Jack" Parkinson was an English professional football player. He played as a forward.-Career:Born in Blackpool, Lancashire, Parkinson, with fifteen goals, he was top scorer for his hometown club in 1896-97, their first-ever season in the Football League; indeed, he played in the club's first...
(returning after a season with Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
), goalkeeper Joe Dorrington from Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
, Jack Birchall
Jack Birchall
John "Jack" Birchall was an English footballer. He played for Blackpool and Blackburn Rovers.-Career:Birchall began his career with Liverpool in 1899 as a 23-year-old, but did not make any League appearances for the Anfield club. He joined Blackpool the following year and went on to make 86 League...
, John Burden
John Burden (footballer)
John R. Burden was an English professional footballer. A left back, he played 34 Football League games for Blackpool, his only known club, in 1900 and 1901. Thirty of these appearances were made during the 1900–01 season; the other four in the following campaign.-References:...
, Edward Threlfall
Edward Threlfall
Edward Threlfall was an English professional footballer. He spent eleven years at Blackpool in the early 1900s, making over three hundred Football League appearances for the club. He played as a defender.-Career:...
, Boulton, Lorenzo Evans, former schoolboy Harold Hardman
Harold Hardman
Harold Payne Hardman was an English footballer and later football chairman.-Football career:Born in Newton Heath, Manchester, he was discovered by Blackpool as a schoolboy and thrown into the first team during their season in exile from the Football League in 1899-1900...
, and Geordie Anderson. Out went Henry Parr (who played in the club's first game in the Football League), Jack Morris (despite scoring four goals in his five appearances the previous season), and Gamble.
Bob Birkett
Bob Birkett
Robert Kirkham "Bob" Birket was an English professional footballer who spent his entire ten-year football league career with Blackpool after signing from Fleetwood Rangers....
top-scored with ten goals in his 32 appearances. Goalkeeper Joe Dorrington was ever-present throughout the club's 34 league games.
Season review
Blackpool's starting eleven for the opening game of the season featured eight new players from the squad of two seasons earlier, plus Jack ParkinsonJack Parkinson (footballer born 1869)
John "Jack" Parkinson was an English professional football player. He played as a forward.-Career:Born in Blackpool, Lancashire, Parkinson, with fifteen goals, he was top scorer for his hometown club in 1896-97, their first-ever season in the Football League; indeed, he played in the club's first...
, who returned from a season with Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
while Blackpool were in their exile from the Football League.
New Brighton Tower
New Brighton Tower F.C.
New Brighton Tower F.C. was a short-lived English football club based in New Brighton, Merseyside. Established in 1896, the club spent three seasons in the Football League before folding in 1901. They played at the 80,000-capacity Tower Athletic Grounds....
were their first opponents, and Blackpool returned from Wallasey
Wallasey
Wallasey is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England, on the mouth of the River Mersey, at the northeastern corner of the Wirral Peninsula...
with a point after a goalless draw, goalkeeper Joe Dorrington keeping a clean sheet on his Football League debut for the club.
On 8 September, Gainsborough Trinity
Gainsborough Trinity F.C.
Gainsborough Trinity Football Club are an English football club based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.Between 1896 and 1912 they were members of the Football League. They are currently in the Conference North, and play their home matches at The Northolme, which has a capacity of 4,304...
were the first visitors to Bloomfield Road
Bloomfield Road
Bloomfield Road is an all-seater football stadium in the English town of Blackpool, Lancashire. It has been the permanent home of Blackpool F.C. since 1901 and is named after the road on which the stadium's main entrance used to stand. The stadium has been in a process of redevelopment since 2000...
for a League game. In front of a "good" attendance, the honours were shared with a 1–1 draw. Bob Birkett scored for the hosts in a game in which an 18-year-old Harold Hardman
Harold Hardman
Harold Payne Hardman was an English footballer and later football chairman.-Football career:Born in Newton Heath, Manchester, he was discovered by Blackpool as a schoolboy and thrown into the first team during their season in exile from the Football League in 1899-1900...
made his debut. This was the only game played at Bloomfield Road this season; Blackpool's remaining sixteen home games were played at Raikes Hall Gardens.
Blackpool's first victory of the season followed, 2–1 at Walsall
Walsall F.C.
Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...
, with Birkett and Lorenzo Evans finding the net.
Two more victories ensued — 2–0 at home to Burton Swifts
Burton Swifts F.C.
Burton Swifts were an English football club from Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. The club ceased to exist in 1901 when they merged with Burton Wanderers to form Burton United.-History:...
(Harry Stirzaker
Harry Stirzaker
Henry "Harry" Stirzaker was an English professional footballer. He played as a defender and spent his entire professional career with Blackpool....
and Birkett), and 1–0 at Barnsley
Barnsley F.C.
Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...
(Evans).
October began with two 1–1 home draws — firstly against Woolwich Arsenal (Hardman getting his first goal for the club), then against Chesterfield
Chesterfield F.C.
Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower...
(Parkinson).
Blackpool continued their unbeaten start to the season with a single-goal victory at Stockport County
Stockport County F.C.
Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The club formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, shortly afterwards merging with Heaton Norris F.C., and adopted the current name on 24 May 1890 on the creation of the County Borough of Stockport...
on 20 October, Birkett getting the goal.
The following week Small Heath visited the seaside and held their hosts to a goalless draw.
After a two-week break, Blackpool hosted Lincoln City
Lincoln City F.C.
Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....
on 10 November. A double from Birkett gave the Seasiders both points.
Blackpool's third successive home game ended in a goalless draw against Glossop North End
Glossop North End A.F.C.
Glossop North End A.F.C. are an English football club based in Glossop, Derbyshire. Former members of the Football League, they are currently in the North West Counties League and are members of the Derbyshire County Football Association. They play their home matches at Surrey Street, which has a...
on 24 November.
After an eleven-game unbeaten run, Blackpool suffered their first defeat on 1 December, 3–1 at Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...
. Jack Leadbetter scored his only goal of the season for Blackpool.
Two defeats followed — at home to local rivals Burnley
Burnley F.C.
Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...
by a single goal, and 4–0 at Burslem Port Vale
Port Vale F.C.
Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...
.
Blackpool's first win five games was obtained on 22 December, by a single goal, at home to Leicester Fosse. Birkett scored the goal, his seventh of the campaign.
A Boxing Day
Boxing Day
Boxing Day is a bank or public holiday that occurs on 26 December, or the first or second weekday after Christmas Day, depending on national or regional laws. It is observed in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and some other Commonwealth nations. In Ireland, it is recognized as...
visit to Newton Heath
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
resulted in a 4–0 defeat, while another road trip, to New Brighton Tower three days later, was also met with defeat. Evans scored his third of the season in the 1–2 result.
Into the New Year, and Blackpool strung three successive wins together for the second time in the season. Firstly, they travelled to Gainsborough Trinity and won 3–1, with Hardman, Jack Birchall
Jack Birchall
John "Jack" Birchall was an English footballer. He played for Blackpool and Blackburn Rovers.-Career:Birchall began his career with Liverpool in 1899 as a 23-year-old, but did not make any League appearances for the Anfield club. He joined Blackpool the following year and went on to make 86 League...
(his first for the club), and Stirzaker finding the net. Next, they hosted Walsall and won courtesy of a solitary Evans strike. Finally, on 19 January, Blackpool beat Burton Swifts 2–1 at Peel Croft. Birkett and Stirzaker were the scorers.
To offset their run of victories, Blackpool went on to lose their next two games — at Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town F.C.
Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town...
and Chesterfield, respectively — both by a 2–0 scoreline.
Blackpool returned to winning ways on 23 February with a 3–0 result at home to Stockport County. Parkinson, Stirzaker (penalty), and Birchall got the goals.
On 2 March, Blackpool suffered a record 10–1 defeat at Small Heath. Geordie Anderson, on his debut after joining from Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
, scored Blackpool's goal.
Grimsby Town completed a double over Blackpool seven days later, and that was followed by a 3–0 defeat at Lincoln City on 16 March.
Blackpool stemmed the tide four days later with a 1–1 draw at Barnsley, Birkett scoring their goal, but another defeat followed — 2–1 at home to Newton Heath, with Birkett netting his tenth and final goal of the season.
On 30 March, Glossop North End put six past Blackpool without reply.
Blackpool were victorious for the first time in six games thanks to a 2–1 result against Burslem Port Vale at Bloomfield Road on 5 April. Stirzaker and Parkinson scored the hosts' goals.
The very next day, Middlesbrough returned to the North East
North East England
North East England is one of the nine official regions of England. It covers Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear, and Teesside . The only cities in the region are Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland...
pointless after Blackpool won 3–0, Anderson, Parkinson, and a Boro own goal doing the damage.
Blackpool's travelled to London on 8 April to face Woolwich Arsenal. Stirzaker scored for Blackpool, but the visitors lost 3–1.
For Blackpool's fourth game in five days, they visited Leicester Fosse and lost by the same scoreline. Parkinson scored his fifth of the campaign.
The season concluded with a visit to Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
neighbours Burnley, who ended their season on a high with a 4–0 victory.
Table
P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | ||
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1 | Grimsby Town Grimsby Town F.C. Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town... |
34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 60 | 33 | 1.818 | 49 |
2 | Small Heath Birmingham City F.C. Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the... |
34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 57 | 24 | 2.375 | 48 |
3 | Burnley Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888... |
34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 53 | 29 | 1.828 | 44 |
4 | New Brighton Tower New Brighton Tower F.C. New Brighton Tower F.C. was a short-lived English football club based in New Brighton, Merseyside. Established in 1896, the club spent three seasons in the Football League before folding in 1901. They played at the 80,000-capacity Tower Athletic Grounds.... |
34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 57 | 38 | 1.500 | 42 |
5 | Glossop North End | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 51 | 33 | 1.545 | 38 |
6 | Middlesbrough Middlesbrough F.C. Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889... |
34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 50 | 40 | 1.250 | 37 |
7 | Woolwich Arsenal Arsenal F.C. Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups... |
34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 35 | 1.114 | 36 |
8 | Lincoln City Lincoln City F.C. Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League.... |
34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 39 | 1.103 | 33 |
9 | Burslem Port Vale Port Vale F.C. Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as... |
34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 47 | 0.957 | 33 |
10 | Newton Heath Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958... |
34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 42 | 38 | 1.105 | 32 |
11 | Leicester Fosse Leicester City F.C. Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester... |
34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 37 | 1.054 | 32 |
12 | Blackpool Blackpool F.C. Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the... |
34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 58 | 0.569 | 31 |
13 | Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough Trinity F.C. Gainsborough Trinity Football Club are an English football club based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.Between 1896 and 1912 they were members of the Football League. They are currently in the Conference North, and play their home matches at The Northolme, which has a capacity of 4,304... |
34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 60 | 0.750 | 30 |
14 | Chesterfield Chesterfield F.C. Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower... |
34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 46 | 58 | 0.793 | 28 |
15 | Barnsley Barnsley F.C. Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's... |
34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 47 | 60 | 0.783 | 27 |
16 | Walsall Walsall F.C. Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second... |
34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 40 | 56 | 0.714 | 27 |
17 | Stockport County Stockport County F.C. Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The club formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, shortly afterwards merging with Heaton Norris F.C., and adopted the current name on 24 May 1890 on the creation of the County Borough of Stockport... |
34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 38 | 68 | 0.559 | 25 |
18 | Burton Swifts Burton Swifts F.C. Burton Swifts were an English football club from Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. The club ceased to exist in 1901 when they merged with Burton Wanderers to form Burton United.-History:... |
34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 34 | 66 | 0.515 | 20 |
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points
Appearances
- Joe Dorrington – 34
- Harry StirzakerHarry StirzakerHenry "Harry" Stirzaker was an English professional footballer. He played as a defender and spent his entire professional career with Blackpool....
– 33 - Bob BirkettBob BirkettRobert Kirkham "Bob" Birket was an English professional footballer who spent his entire ten-year football league career with Blackpool after signing from Fleetwood Rangers....
– 32 - Jack ParkinsonJack Parkinson (footballer born 1869)John "Jack" Parkinson was an English professional football player. He played as a forward.-Career:Born in Blackpool, Lancashire, Parkinson, with fifteen goals, he was top scorer for his hometown club in 1896-97, their first-ever season in the Football League; indeed, he played in the club's first...
– 32 - Jack BirchallJack BirchallJohn "Jack" Birchall was an English footballer. He played for Blackpool and Blackburn Rovers.-Career:Birchall began his career with Liverpool in 1899 as a 23-year-old, but did not make any League appearances for the Anfield club. He joined Blackpool the following year and went on to make 86 League...
– 30 - John BurdenJohn Burden (footballer)John R. Burden was an English professional footballer. A left back, he played 34 Football League games for Blackpool, his only known club, in 1900 and 1901. Thirty of these appearances were made during the 1900–01 season; the other four in the following campaign.-References:...
– 30 - Edward ThrelfallEdward ThrelfallEdward Threlfall was an English professional footballer. He spent eleven years at Blackpool in the early 1900s, making over three hundred Football League appearances for the club. He played as a defender.-Career:...
– 30 - A. Boulton – 29
- Lorenzo Evans – 27
- Harold HardmanHarold HardmanHarold Payne Hardman was an English footballer and later football chairman.-Football career:Born in Newton Heath, Manchester, he was discovered by Blackpool as a schoolboy and thrown into the first team during their season in exile from the Football League in 1899-1900...
– 27 - Jack ScottJack Scott (footballer)Jack "John" A. Scott was an English professional footballer. He spent eleven years at Blackpool in the late 1890s and early 1900s, making over 300 Football League appearances for the club. He played as a defender...
– 19 - Jack Leadbetter – 15
- J. Baxendale – 11
- Richard Howson – 8
- Geordie Anderson – 7
- Thomas Speight – 5
- Thomas Taylor – 4
- John Jones – 1
Players used: 18
No appearances: Nicholas Gillett.
Goals
- Bob BirkettBob BirkettRobert Kirkham "Bob" Birket was an English professional footballer who spent his entire ten-year football league career with Blackpool after signing from Fleetwood Rangers....
– 10 - Harry StirzakerHarry StirzakerHenry "Harry" Stirzaker was an English professional footballer. He played as a defender and spent his entire professional career with Blackpool....
– 6 - Jack ParkinsonJack Parkinson (footballer born 1869)John "Jack" Parkinson was an English professional football player. He played as a forward.-Career:Born in Blackpool, Lancashire, Parkinson, with fifteen goals, he was top scorer for his hometown club in 1896-97, their first-ever season in the Football League; indeed, he played in the club's first...
– 5 - Lorenzo Evans – 4
- Jack BirchallJack BirchallJohn "Jack" Birchall was an English footballer. He played for Blackpool and Blackburn Rovers.-Career:Birchall began his career with Liverpool in 1899 as a 23-year-old, but did not make any League appearances for the Anfield club. He joined Blackpool the following year and went on to make 86 League...
– 2 - Harold HardmanHarold HardmanHarold Payne Hardman was an English footballer and later football chairman.-Football career:Born in Newton Heath, Manchester, he was discovered by Blackpool as a schoolboy and thrown into the first team during their season in exile from the Football League in 1899-1900...
– 2 - Geordie Anderson – 2
- Jack Leadbetter – 1
Total goals scored: 32 (plus one own-goal)
In
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|1900
|Jack Parkinson
Jack Parkinson (footballer born 1869)
John "Jack" Parkinson was an English professional football player. He played as a forward.-Career:Born in Blackpool, Lancashire, Parkinson, with fifteen goals, he was top scorer for his hometown club in 1896-97, their first-ever season in the Football League; indeed, he played in the club's first...
|Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
|Unknown
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|1900
|Joe Dorrington
|Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
|Unknown
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|1900
|Jack Birchall
Jack Birchall
John "Jack" Birchall was an English footballer. He played for Blackpool and Blackburn Rovers.-Career:Birchall began his career with Liverpool in 1899 as a 23-year-old, but did not make any League appearances for the Anfield club. He joined Blackpool the following year and went on to make 86 League...
|Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
|Unknown
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|1900
|John Burden
John Burden (footballer)
John R. Burden was an English professional footballer. A left back, he played 34 Football League games for Blackpool, his only known club, in 1900 and 1901. Thirty of these appearances were made during the 1900–01 season; the other four in the following campaign.-References:...
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1900
|Edward Threlfall
Edward Threlfall
Edward Threlfall was an English professional footballer. He spent eleven years at Blackpool in the early 1900s, making over three hundred Football League appearances for the club. He played as a defender.-Career:...
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1900
|A. Boulton
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1900
|Lorenzo Evans
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1900
|Harold Hardman
Harold Hardman
Harold Payne Hardman was an English footballer and later football chairman.-Football career:Born in Newton Heath, Manchester, he was discovered by Blackpool as a schoolboy and thrown into the first team during their season in exile from the Football League in 1899-1900...
|Schoolboy
|Free
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|1900
|J. Baxendale
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1900
|Geordie Anderson
|Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
|Unknown
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|1900
|Thomas Speight
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1900
|Thomas Taylor
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1899–1900
|F.A. Fletcher
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1899–1900
|Henry Parr
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1899–1900
|E.L. Williams
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1899–1900
|Thomas Hoyle
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1899–1900
|W. Atherton
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1899–1900
|Alex Stuart
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1899–1900
|J. Banks
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1899–1900
|H. Elston
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1899–1900
|G.F. Gamble
|Unknown
|Unknown
|-
|1899–1900
|Arthur Nightingale
|Unknown
|Unknown
|-
|1899–1900
|Jack Morris
|Unknown
|Unknown
|-
|1899–1900
|J. Cartmell
|Unknown
|Unknown
|-
|1899–1900
|F. Harrison
|Unknown
|Unknown
|-
|1899–1900
|Andrew Hateley
|Unknown
|Unknown
|-
|1899–1900
|John Scarr
|Unknown
|Unknown
|-
|1899–1900
|R. Eaves
|Unknown
|Unknown
|-
|1899–1900
|J. Kirkham
|Unknown
|Unknown
|-
|1899–1900
|W.A. Dewhurst
|Unknown
|Unknown
|-
|1899–1900
|F. Mayor
|Unknown
|Unknown
|-
|1899–1900
|J. Dickson
|Unknown
|Unknown
|-
|1899–1900
|E. Exton
|Unknown
|Unknown
|-
|1899–1900
|G. Gosling
|Unknown
|Unknown
|-
|1899–1900
|William Harrison
|Unknown
|Unknown
|}